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aguanieve

sleet

noun ah-gwah-NYEH-beh Rare

Usage Note

Aguanieve is a compound of agua (water) and nieve (snow) and refers to precipitation that is part rain, part snow — sleet. Its gender is feminine, as with most weather-related compound nouns built around agua, even though agua itself takes the masculine article el in singular for phonetic reasons (el agua). The word aguanieve takes la normally: la aguanieve. In some regions it is written as two words: agua nieve.

Examples

"Cayó aguanieve toda la mañana."

Natural Translation

Sleet fell all morning.

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